Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers.
Author's notes: I named this chapter after a song I'm sure you all know. One of my faves :D But in here it's meant to be sarcastic, since love doesn't always do the way it's suppose to. I had some troubles with this chapter, I had to post it twice...
So Happy Together
Megatron listened to the muttered complaints about the weather. He couldn't understand why the other Decepticons hated the desert. He loved the scorching sun and the harsh wind, it made him feel alive, much like a battle. Though, he had to admit that the sand getting into his joints felt a little unpleasant.
Soundwave beside him kept shaking his legs, trying to get the sand rub off. But when there was so much of it, the shaking didn't work very well. The wind did it's part well, too. It moved the sand, sometimes lifting it off the ground into the air, when it would inevitably hit the poor tape player, getting into his joints and making him all the more irritated.
Still, Soundwave wouldn't complain like the others. To Megatron, that was a very admirable aspect of personality. He despised whiners.
Megatron grasped Soundwave's shoulder gently, offering comfort to him. "We won't stay long." He said. "Just long enough to steal the humans' oil and convert it to energon cubes." The silver mech glanced at the others further back. He leaned closer to the telepath.
"I have a hot tub in my quarters and it's waiting for you and me when we get back..." He whispered seductively. Soundwave's visor sparkled. Megatron was sure he was smiling behind that face mask.
The Decepticon leader backed off as the others came closer.
"When are we going to attack? I hate all this standing around." Swindle complained.
"Patience, Swindle. We are still waiting for Astrotrain. He and Blastoff are the only ones capable of carrying all that energon back to headquarters." Megatron said. In fact, he was a little exasperated himself.
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Finally, after what felt like hours, Astrotrain arrived.
"What took you so long?" Megatron inquired. Astrotrain transformed and landed before them. "The stupid wind..." He muttered irritably. Then his gaze lowered to the ground as he noticed the sand. "Pshaw!" The shuttle lost his temper.
"Oh, come on! Why do we always have to attack nasty places like this?" He bellowed and bailed the sand with his foot. The sand he kicked off hit Soundwave's face. Soundwave made a funny noise in his monotone, Megatron was sure it was a grunt of annoyance. He barely managed to suppress his laughter.
Unfortunately, someone else didn't.
"Nyahahah!" Reflector's triple laughter ticked the tape player off. He pressed the button on his shoulder and Ravage jumped out. The panthercon growled at Reflector, a little confused as to which one of them he would attack.
"Prepare for termination." Soundwave said dramatically, pointing at the grinning Reflector. Reflectors? Megatron shrugged it mentally off and decided it was time to settle his troops down.
"Alright, that's enough. All of you." Ravage returned to Soundwave's tape deck and Reflector stopped grinning. Astrotrain however, was still kicking the sand. Megatron placed his hands on his hips, peering at the Triple Changer angrily.
"Are you going to clear this whole desert with your foot, or are we ready for the attack?" He inquired. The Constructicons snickered under their breaths, Mixmaster a little too loud to go unnoticed.
Astrotrain stopped the kicking and glared around him. Sand everywhere. Megatron growled. "Fool! Even in a millenia you couldn't clear this whole desert!"
"Astrotrain is a little dumb, isn't he guys? Did you swallow a rattlesnake, or why do you have so sour look on your face?" With that, Swindle got laughter from his Combaticon brothers and an angry glare from a certain Triple Changer. It also started another round of complaining.
"I have sand in my mouth!" Scrapper complained. "And I have sand in my joints-joints-joints!" Mixmaster stuttered.
"Get this: I have sand in my audios!" Onslaught said and proved it by tilting his head. Indeed, sand poured out of his audio.
"I hate this place!" Whined Vortex. "We all do, slaghead!" Brawl hollered furiously, as usual. He had always been hot-headed.
"Shut up!" Megatron raised his voice, making the others wince.
"Now, let's go. We need to get out of here before the storm comes." Megatron took off, Soundwave right beside him, as always. The others followed them without further complaints.
Astrotrain flew beside the silver mech. "What storm?" He asked. "The sky is clear. Sun is shining and-"
"The birds are singing? Shut up, idiot. I know what I'm talking about. Follow me, we haven't much time."
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Hellscream sighed as he glared at the Seeker laying beside him on the white sand. Starscream had blacked out and had been offline for hours now. Hellscream caressed Starscream's helm, smiling softly down on him.
"You poor little thing... If you just would've believed me. I told you he would only hurt you. But you were, as always, hard-headed and wouldn't listen." Hellscream wasn't sure why he was talking to the recharging mech. Maybe it was because he cared so much about the sensitive creature. He loved Starscream, loved him very much. Even after all they had been through lately, he loved Starscream.
He stared at the dim optics.
But no one would ever come in the way of his glorious plans, not even Starscream. If the little Seeker wouldn't agree to help him overthrow Megatron this time, he wouldn't have a choice. He would have to terminate the beautiful Seeker.
But not before they would get out of this place. He glanced at the sparkling sitting on the cliff, inactive. One little sparkling had gotten in the way of his victory. He recalled the power struggle he and Starscream had. If that sparkling hadn't gotten involved, he, Hellscream would now lead the Decepticons.
And Megatron would lie dead at the bottom of the ocean.
Hellscream looked at his own hands and arms. In here, he had a strong body, but in reality, he was in Starscream's weak, feminine body. He hated to live through someone else, he deserved a body of his own. It was now out of his reach, but he would get it soon enough.
Starscream made a small moan and Hellscream was startled out of his thoughts. "You're awake. I was worried about you little Starling."
Starscream slowly sat up and powered his optics on. "What happened?" He rasped weakly. Then his optics suddenly flared. "Megatron!" He shrieked, making Hellscream cover his audios. The Seeker stood up and glared around him. Then he glared down on Hellscream.
"He killed my mother!" Starscream bellowed to the bigger Seeker. Hellscream stood up and grabbed his shoulder.
"I know. I told you you wanted to see it. Your memories. Even memories you had forgotten, like the one where Megatron shot your mother. I think you didn't remember it because you didn't want to remember. I know how you feel, little one."
"How could you know?! You weren't even around back then!"
"That is true. Maybe I don't know how you feel, but I do know what it feels like when someone you love betrays you." Hellscream shot a meaningful glare to Starscream. The smaller Seeker tried to talk back, but didn't find the words. He sighed.
"Alright. You're right. I betrayed you. I cheated on you with the one that betrayed me."
Hellscream shrugged. "I don't think he knows that he killed your mother, Star."
"Shut up! You know nothing about it! So stop assuming things that don't even concern you!" Starscream shriek. It was funny how his voice rose in level when he was mad. The little Seeker crossed his arms.
"Who's side are you on anyway? I thought you hated him. And I thought you loved me." Starscream pouted.
Hellscream smiled. "I do hate him. And I do love you. I just wanted to make the facts clear." Starscream snorted. "Who cares if he didn't know who my mother was? He killed her without a reason!" Hellscream had to cover his audios again.
"But you don't know that for sure." Hellscream said. Starscream raised his weapon and fired. Hellscream thanked Primus he wasn't hit by the null-ray again.
"Alright, stop it. You're right, he killed your mother without a reason." Hellscream said, not really meaning it. Starscream lowered his weapon and sat down on the sand again. He began to sob. Hellscream sighed and sat beside him.
"It's ok, Star." He comforted the smaller Seeker. "No, it's not ok! I have to avenge her! She died protecting me! First Megatron kills my mother, then he abuses me, then he uses me, then he lies to me, then he orders me dead! He ordered my own wingmates to kill me! He lied to me and then betrayed me. I will make him pay..."
Hellscream smiled to him. "Good. Finally we agree on something." Starscream leaned his head on Hellscream's arm. The bigger Seeker pulled him easily onto his lap. Starscream sighed and leaned on Hellscream's chest, wrapping his arms around the mech's shoulders.
"Thank you, Hellscream."
"For what?"
"For being with me. You were right all along. He hurt me, just like you said he would. He lied when he said he loved me. It's not quite the same to love a mech's body than loving the mech himself..." He snarled the last part.
"I love you, both your body and your mind." Hellscream stated. Starscream crawled closer into the bigger mech's warmth.
"So... You're with me now?" Hellscream asked carefully. Starscream rubbed his face against Hellscream's shoulder vent. "I'm with you now."
"In that case, I have a proposal for you." Hellscream cleared his throat. "I think I know how we can get out of here. But I need your help. And I need your support in overthrowing Megatron. I will be the new leader of the Decepticons."
Starscream didn't say anything so Hellscream went on.
"And I want you by my side. Just imagine, little Starling. You and I together. The king..." Hellscream kissed Starscream's audio, "and his queen." Starscream looked up to him. Hellscream kissed his way to Starscream's lips. "I want to make you mine. I want to make you my queen. My bondmate."
Starscream winced. "But... We can't bond. You have no spark!" Hellscream smiled. "In this place I do." The black Seeker opened his canopy and his casing came forth. It opened and indeed, inside the casing was an ice blue spark. Starscream touched it gently. Then he pulled his hand back.
"But I don't want a bondmate who's in my head! I need a bondmate with a body!" He argued. Hellscream made a small chuckle. "And that you shall have, my love, once we get out of here." Starscream frowned.
"What do you mean?" He inquired, peering at the mech suspiciously. Hellscream sneered.
"There's something I haven't told you, dearest. I already have a body. I wanted my own body, so I used yours to build it when you were sleeping. It took some time and effort, but thanks to your laboratory equipment and Megatron's resources, I made it."
Starscream glared at him, his mouth a gap. "What?" Was all he managed to say. Hellscream leaned closer. "It's waiting for me in your laboratory, ready to online. And once I inhabit it," Hellscream moved his finger along Starscream's wings, "I will make you mine, in body and in soul. And you will finally be my bondmate, as you already should be."
Starscream shuddered and leaned his wing against the fondling finger. He powered off his optics in pleasure. "Yes... I want to be yours." Starscream whispered. Hellscream pulled his finger back. "And once you're mine...?" He inquired. Starscream powered his optics back on and began to caress Hellscream's much bigger wings.
"Once I am yours, we will overthrow Megatron, avenge my mother and me, and then lead the Decepticons together. You will be my king and I will be your queen. We will be feared in every known galaxy, we will defeat the Autobots and rule the universe together." Hellscream made a sinister chuckle.
"I like your mind, Starscream. But I think we need to kill someone else first. Soundwave, Megatron's little lapdog. We have to get him out of the way too, if we want to overthrow Megatron. And that's not going to be easy. He has great mental powers, not to mention his cassettes."
Starscream giggled like Hellscream had just told him a joke. He fondled Hellscream's strong body, smiling seductively. "Stop talking about Soundwave and concentrate on me..." Hellscream chuckled. "Smug, as always, I see. Come here, little Starling. I'll make you glow like a real star."
Hellscream captured Starscream's lips and forced him on his back. Half on the sand, half on the water, Hellscream carried out his promise to make the smaller Seeker his.
XXX
"Well? Does he have those parasites?"
Ratchet closed Starscream's canopy.
"No. His spark is fine. I'll need to stop it here for today, he will soon wake up and it's not safe to anesthetize him so soon after. I'll continue tomorrow. Though, I have no idea what's wrong with him. I might just need to inspect his CPU to find out. But I need your permission to do that, yours and Skywarp's."
"Is it risky?"
"Very. As I said earlier, I might damage his processing or offline him permanently. It's not a safe operation."
Thundercracker sighed and placed his hand on Ratchet's shoulder. "You have my permission. I'll go talk to Skywarp. Thanks for all that you've done to help Starscream." He flashed a smile to the medic, who smiled back. As Thundercracker left the med bay, a thought crossed his mind.
It would be hard to face Ratchet in the battle field after all this. Not Jazz, Thundercracker didn't care about the saboteur at all. But Ratchet was helping Starscream and treating them like they were his Autobot friends.
Thundercracker knew Skywarp didn't agree with him, Skywarp was too... Decepticon. He hated the Autobots and believed in the Decepticon cause with all of his spark. Thundercracker would never admit it aloud, but he wasn't always so sure about the Decepticon cause.
It was the Decepticons who started the wars that drained all of Cybertron's energy resources. And now Cybertronians were depending on the Earth's energy resources. It wouldn't take long until this planet would be drained dry of all energy too.
Thundercracker pushed his thoughts aside as he noticed Skywarp flying towards him. The black and purple Seeker landed in front of him.
"Hi, 'Warp." That was so lame and Thundercracker knew it.
"Thunder'." Skywarp responded simply.
"Listen, Ratchet said that he needs to check Starscream's CPU." Thundercracker said.
"Oh? You mean like cut his helm open?" Skywarp asked, genuinely curious. Thundercracker laughed. "No, silly! Didn't you know that there's a panel on the top of his helm that opens? We have ones too."
"Oh... No, I didn't know that." Skywarp admitted, a little embarrassed. Thundercracker smiled and placed his hand on Skywarp's shoulder.
"It's ok, buddy. I didn't know either before Ratchet told me. But anyway, he needs our permission to do that. He said it's a risky operation. I already gave him my permission." Skywarp nodded.
"I'll give mine too. It might help him to find out what's wrong with Starscream."
"Exactly."
It became suddenly quiet between them. And the awkward silence just kept growing. Thundercracker didn't remove his hand from Skywarp's shoulder. He decided to fill the silence.
"'Warp, I miss you." He whispered. Skywarp stared at his feet, he couldn't bear the honest and desperate look on Thundercracker's optics.
"I miss you too, Thunder'..."
Thundercracker pulled the black and purple mech in his arms. "I'm so sorry for what I did. I hurt you. I shouldn't have done it. Please, forgive me. I love you so much and I don't think I can live without you. I've almost lost Starscream, I don't want to lose you too. I want you back, 'Warp. Can you forgive me?"
Thundercracker spoke quickly and then began to sob against Skywarp's shoulder. The black and purple mech was stunned. Slowly he wrapped his arms around Thundercracker's waist.
"Shh... It's alright, honey. I'm here." He comforted the blue jet, stunned by his sudden vulnerability.
'Has Thundercracker always been so much smaller than me?' Skywarp wondered.
Right now, the Seeker in his arms felt tiny, weak, sensitive. Vulnerable. Skywarp pulled Thundercracker even closer.
Suddenly the black and purple jet felt stronger. More powerful. The truth was that Thundercracker made him feel invincible. Always. In the battlefield, Skywarp was afraid of nothing because of the blue jet. Thundercracker completed him, made him whole.
Skywarp had felt empty and broken ever since their fight. Now it was time to make it right. No matter what, they belonged together.
"You're safe in my arms. And I will be here for you. Always." He made a small pause, considering his next words. "I... I'm not sure if I can ever forgive you. But for sure, I will try." Thundercracker looked up. "You will?" He asked weakly. Skywarp leaned in and kissed his lips gently.
"I will." He whispered into the blue jet's mouth. "But there's one thing that I want to do first."
"What's that?" Thundercracker asked. Skywarp lifted them both up from the ground. "I want to make love to you, Thunder'." He whispered into Thundercracker's audio and guided them towards the clouds. "Right here in the sky, where we belong."